At about 10,000 feet elevation the mosquitos were ferocious. They swarmed in great clouds, buzzing their way through any minute gaps in my defences. Even lotion purportedly made of 100%…
Go van Gogh is an unusual image of a sunflower in the swirling style of Vincent van Gogh presented against a starry night sky. The image makes a great large…
Leaving Berkeley in mid-afternoon, I grabbed a quick bite in Mariposa and made it up to Glacier Point just after sunset. There was still some light to see what I…
This is a floral HDR panorama, meaning I shot it in two horizontal pieces planning to stitch the pieces together. The logistics of this were somewhat complex---as with any HDR…
Briefly noted: Some scenes, like this shot of one of the swimming pools at Hearst Castle near San Simeon look more, well, classical when converted to classical monochromatic. Fancy that!
You may be interested in some of my webcasts and video appearances that you can find online. These are all sponsored as noted in the listings, and free to watch.…
Briefly noted: Photographing this mallow blossom unfurling, I was reminded of fabric. Ignoring issues of scale and context, this flower could be the bottom portion of an elaborate and stylish…
The Indian Trail footpath runs down from our Thousand Oaks Berkeley neighborhood to The Alameda. This shortcut makes walking down to restaurants and shopping on the top of Solano Ave…
I shot this photo of Katie Rose in the garden the other day with my new 35mm f/1.8 Nikkor lens. This is essentially a very high-quality prosumer lens, and surprisingly…
My special limited edition offer of Following the Path will end in a matter of days on July 31, 2011. This print has a normal retail price of $450.00 but…
I am very excited that a number of my pieces in the style of this image of Papaver somniferum have been accepted into the publishing program at the World Art…
This is an interior of a church located in Habana Vieja (the old district of Havana, Cuba). The image is comprised of three bracketed exposures, shot using a tripod on…
Recently we celebrated Mathew's seventh birthday. He is shown in this photo blowing out the candles on his birthday cake. Mathew and this blog are close to the same age.…
My kids tell me that a T-Rex dinosaur is a relative of birds like a chicken or turkey, both being descendants of pteradactyls. It's a little hard for me to…
Over the weekend I spent some time with the kids wandering around and exploring the University of California at Berkeley campus, which is about half a mile from our home.…
In a previous story, I noted the importance of looking behind one. Commentators added the great suggestions of looking up and down as well. A corollary to having the kind…
As Phyllis finishes up the page layouts for Photographing Flowers, I've been spending a great deal of time with Katie Rose. Our nanny is on vacation, the boys are in…
If you've ever gone shooting with a nature or landscape photographer worthy of their salt you'll notice that they turn around a great deal. Good photographers are not Prussian soldiers…